Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Massachusetts
Honored By
Survivors of the USS Block Island CVE-21
SERVED ABOARD THE USS BLOCK ISLAND (CVE-21) WITH THE AIR SQUADRON, VC -55 AS A TAIL GUNNER. HE SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE CVE-21, BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE, ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 29, 1944 IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.